http://www.thereporter.com.au/news/national/National News items from The Reporteren-auSun, 27 May 2012 10:52:49 +1000ThereportercomauNationalNewshttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/27/italian-girls-family-gag/COAST family members of the four girls locked in a bitter international custody battle have been gagged by their legal team after Friday's High Court hearing.Sun, 27 May 2012 10:52:49 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/27/italian-girls-family-gag/NewsCOAST family members of four girls in custody battle gaggedhttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/27/steroid-holidays-young-aussies/THERE'S something about the seedy Thai beachside town of Pattaya that keeps enticing Michael Dorn back - but it's not the sun, sea, sand or sex.Sun, 27 May 2012 08:00:00 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/27/steroid-holidays-young-aussies/NewsThe media is now targeting: Steroid holidays in Thailandhttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/27/howard-tops-ex-pms-in-perks/FIVE of Australia's surviving former prime ministers have cost taxpayers almost $1 million in travel and office expenses in 12 months.Sun, 27 May 2012 04:00:00 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/27/howard-tops-ex-pms-in-perks/NewsFIVE former PMs cost taxpayers $1 million in 12 monthshttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/26/miners-stray-but-their-wives-pay-richard-kidd/PREGNANT women across Central Queensland are visiting clinics in Rockhampton and Mackay and discovering they've contracted a sexually transmitted infection.Sat, 26 May 2012 16:49:16 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/26/miners-stray-but-their-wives-pay-richard-kidd/NewsSTIs on the rise in Central Queenslandhttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/26/carer-accused-of-rape/A BUNDABERG nursing home worker accused of raping vulnerable elderly patients has been refused bail.Sat, 26 May 2012 10:31:48 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/26/carer-accused-of-rape/NewsNews > CrimeCarer accused of raping elderly patients in nursing home.http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/26/dress-up-soldiers-under-fire/CALLERS to 000 reported a military invasion of Mackay Harbour with armed and camouflaged soldiers running from tree to tree under the cover of darkness.Sat, 26 May 2012 09:38:04 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/26/dress-up-soldiers-under-fire/NewsNews > OffbeatCommandos in police drama.http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/26/former-pms-cost-nearly-1m-year/FIVE of Australia’s surviving former prime ministers cost taxpayers almost $1 million in travel and office expenses in the space of 12 months.Sat, 26 May 2012 06:00:00 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/26/former-pms-cost-nearly-1m-year/NewsNews > PoliticsFormer PMs cost taxpayers almost $1M in travel, office expenseshttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/crackdown-waterfront-crime/HOME Affairs Minister Jason Clare has unveiled a plan to boost the crackdown on organised crime on Australia’s waterfront.Fri, 25 May 2012 17:00:43 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/crackdown-waterfront-crime/NewsNews > CrimeReforms to build on work of Strike Force Polarishttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/bad-drivers-caught-on-video-graeme-ransley/NEXT time you think about speeding past that truck up ahead, think again. You could be caught on camera.Fri, 25 May 2012 15:59:50 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/bad-drivers-caught-on-video-graeme-ransley/NewsNews > CrimeVehicle cameras filming bad drivinghttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/sisters-groomed-young-girls/SIX members of an alleged child prostitution ring in NSW have been charged and are now before the courts.Fri, 25 May 2012 14:00:42 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/sisters-groomed-young-girls/NewsNews > CrimeSix members of alleged child prostitution ring charged, face courthttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/italian-dad-defends-his-character/THE family of four girls in a bitter custody battle have been granted the chance to show why they were denied natural justice in family court proceedings.Fri, 25 May 2012 09:58:34 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/italian-dad-defends-his-character/NewsItalian dad of four girls in custody dispute defends his characterhttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/its-all-geek-to-me-famous-geeks-famous-geeks/IT IS the International Day of the Geek, but take extra special care not to confuse those who are nerds, and those who are geeks.Fri, 25 May 2012 07:58:45 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/its-all-geek-to-me-famous-geeks-famous-geeks/NewsNews > OffbeatOn International Day of the Geek, we look at famous geekshttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/venus-crossing-june/A RARE astrological event, which will be visible on the east coast, has historically coincided with the aftermath of major developments in the human race.Fri, 25 May 2012 06:00:00 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/25/venus-crossing-june/NewsNews > EnvironmentOnce in a lifetime opportunity to see Venus cross face of the sunhttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/12yo-girl-busted-doing-burnouts/A CHILD who was allegedly caught doing “burnouts” in her parent’s car in a Sydney street is being interviewed by police.Thu, 24 May 2012 20:00:00 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/12yo-girl-busted-doing-burnouts/NewsNews > CrimeNews > OffbeatPolice find girl doing burnouts in her oblivious parents' carhttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/jail-drug-fuelled-affair-teen/A MARRIED father of two was in bed with a girl half his age when his wife uncovered their illegal love affair.Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:30 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/jail-drug-fuelled-affair-teen/NewsNews > CrimeWife busted man and teenager in bedhttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/gold-coast-fight-carbon-price/GOLD Coast Mayor Tom Tate has written to the mayors of 103 councils facing the prospect of paying the carbon price asking them to join in “boycotting this tax”.Thu, 24 May 2012 18:00:00 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/gold-coast-fight-carbon-price/NewsNews > PoliticsTom Tate asks other mayors to join him in "boycotting this tax"http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/csg-debate-misleading-dishonest/OPPOSITION energy and resources spokesman Ian Macfarlane has launched a passionate defence of coal seam gas.Thu, 24 May 2012 17:04:48 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/csg-debate-misleading-dishonest/NewsNews > PoliticsIan Macfarlane launches passionate defence of coal seam gashttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/police-bust-alleged-prostitution-ring/YOUNG girls are being forced to work as sex slaves at homes in Sydney’s west, according to NSW detectives who dismantled an alleged child prostitution network.Thu, 24 May 2012 16:13:48 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/police-bust-alleged-prostitution-ring/NewsNews > CrimeGirls as young as 12 forced to work as sex slaves: policehttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/lots-applications-redundancies/A $6 MILLION voluntary redundancy program has been flooded with applications.Thu, 24 May 2012 15:09:15 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/lots-applications-redundancies/NewsNews > Politics $6 million voluntary redundancy program flooded with applicationshttp://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/journalism-its-worst-craig-thomson-prostitute/CRAIG Thomson has said “enough is enough” after news surfaced A Current Affair had obtained an interview with a Sydney prostitute claiming he had been a client.Thu, 24 May 2012 14:13:30 +1000http://www.thereporter.com.au/story/2012/05/24/journalism-its-worst-craig-thomson-prostitute/NewsNews > PoliticsA Current Affair interviews prostitute who says Thomson was a client